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Officers Fire on Armed Teen in Southwest Houston; Suspect Hospitalized

Authorities are probing whether HPD officers' gunfire wounded the teenager.

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Overview

  • HPD officers responded to a call at an apartment complex on Cinnamon Lane just south of Beechnut Street before dawn Friday.
  • Two officers discharged their weapons during the encounter and no officers were injured.
  • A rifle was recovered near the scene and a teenage male was found with a gunshot wound to the stomach.
  • The teen was taken to Texas Children’s Hospital and his condition remains unreported.
  • A man and a woman arrested at the scene are being investigated for possible involvement in the shooting.